Wetzikon
Wetzikon (High Alemannic: Wetzike) is a small town in the Zurich Highlands (Zürcher Oberland) area of Switzerland, in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich.
Geography
The municipality Wetzikon has an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, 42.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 27.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (12.1%) is non-productive (streams, lakes and non-productive vegetation).[1] In 1996[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". housing and buildings made up 20% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.9%).[2] Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 3.3% of the area. since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 30.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.[2]
It is located near Lake Pfäffikon in the Zürcher Oberland, between Uster and Rapperswil-Jona.
The Robenhauser Ried wetland is a nature reserve of national importance and is situated between Seegräben, Kempten and Irgenhausen covering an area of about Script error: No such module "convert"..
Demographics
Wetzikon has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations date) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 22.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. Over the last 10 years, the population has grown at a rate of 18.8%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (83.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 5.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.9%).
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| Script error: No such module "flag". | 5,5 % | 5,2 % |
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| Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,4 % | 2,6 % |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 1,7 % | 1,7 % |
| File:Flag of Serbia (bordered).svg Serbia | 1,8 % | 1,7 % |
| File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo | 1,2 % | 1,4 % |
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In the 2007 election, the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.1%), the CSP (12.2%) and the Green Party (10.5%).
The age distribution of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15%.[1] There are 7929 households in Wetzikon.[2]
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since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 6385 Catholics and 7772 Protestants in Wetzikon. In the 2000 census[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 45% were some type of Protestant, with 40.3% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 4.7% belonging to other Protestant churches. 31.3% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 6.5% were Muslim, 8.7% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.6% did not give a religion, and 10.6% were atheist or agnostic.[2]
Economics and education
The Kantonschule Zürcher Oberland (KZO),[5] or the "Kanti" as the gymnasium level learning institution is known in Swiss German, is based in Wetzikon due to its central location in the Zürich Oberland, as well as the Zürcher Oberländer newspaper and the annual ZOM trade fair.[6]
The regional hospital, the Gesundheitsversorgung Zürcher Oberland [7] is also located there.
Wetzikon has an unemployment rate of 2.9%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 134 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 41 businesses involved in this sector. 3486 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 255 businesses in this sector. 7054 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 838 businesses in this sector.[1] since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 43.8% of the working population were employed full-time, and 56.2% were employed part-time.[2]
In Wetzikon about 69.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[1]
World Heritage Site
The prehistoric settlement Wetzikon–Robenhausen at the Robenhausen wetland which was discovered and researched by Jakob Messikommer is part of the serial site Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8]
Transportation
There are two railway stations within the municipality. Wetzikon railway station is a node of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S3, S14, S15 and S5. Kempten railway station is on the S3 line only. The town is a 20-minute (S5) ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof. In addition, the Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland heritage railway provides seasonal excursion service at Template:Rws.
Gallery
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Apartments buildings in Oberwetzikon, Alps in the background
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Robenhuserriet in Robenhausen
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Aabach in Wetzikon
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Auslikon and its Strandbad (lido) on Lake Pfäffikon shore
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Schloss (castle) Wetzikon
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Bahnhofstrasse between Oberwetzikon and Kempten
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Bond of the municipality Wetzikon, issued 29. October 1900
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lumber with railroad cars (Wetzikon station)
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S-train (Wetzikon station)
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History
The oldest surviving document about the name Wetzikon is from the year 1044, where three nobles of "Wezzinchova" are mentioned; before that the village and castle were known by the name Ratpoldskilch.[9] Older history is known from excavations of prehistoric pile dwellings in Robenhausen and a Roman villa rustica in Kempten.[10]
Sights
- The local museum (Ortsmuseum) documents the cultural history from the Neolithic Age until the 21st century [11]
- Robenhauser Riet
- Kemptner Tobel
Notable persons
- Elisabeth of Wetzikon (1235-1298) imperial abbess of the Fraumünster abbey 1270-1298
- Johannes Schmidlin (1722-1772) pastor and composer
- Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836) composer and music publisher
- Heinrich Leuthold (1827-1879) poet and translator
- Jakob Messikommer (1828-1917) wetland archaeologist, researched the settlement at Robenhausen
- Jakob Heusser (1862–1941) industrialist and philanthropist
- Hedi Lang (1931-2004) politician, second woman to preside in the Swiss National Council
- Jörg Schneider (1935-2015) stage and film actor [12]
- Walter Andreas Müller (born 1945) stage and film actor, radio host and comedian [13]
- Ueli Maurer (born 1950), politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- Eric Franklin (born 1957) dancer, movement educator, university lecturer and writer
- Patrick Mohr (born 1971) former professional tennis player
- Andreas Schweizer (born 1979) gymnast [14]
- Dorothee Elmiger (born 1985), writer
- Steven Deana (born 1990) football goalkeeper currently playing for FC Aarau
- Natalie Kanyapak Phoksomboon (born 1991) Thai-Swiss beauty queen, won Miss Thailand World 2013
References
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- ↑ a b c d Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 06-Aug-2009
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- ↑ http://www.wetzikon.ch/Verwaltung/Einwohnerdienste/bevoelkerungsstatistiken/Statistik%202008.pdf/at_download/fileScript error: No such module "Unsubst". (Retrieved 27 February 2012).
- ↑ http://www.wetzikon.ch/Verwaltung/Einwohnerdienste/bevoelkerungsstatistiken/Jahresstatistik%20Homepage.pdf/at_download/file Template:Webarchive (Retrieved 5 March 2012).
- ↑ Kantonschule Zürcher Oberland (KZO) Template:In lang
- ↑ Zürcher Oberland Messe (in Swiss-German "Züri Oberland Mäss") Template:In lang
- ↑ Gesundheitsversorgung Zürcher Oberland Template:In lang
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
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- ↑ Museum Wetzikon Template:In lang
- ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 27 December 2018
- ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 27 December 2018
- ↑ German Wiki, Andreas Schweizer
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